CA InterTest™ Server

Use the CA InterTest™ server to import program listings from CA InterTest™ PROTSYM files on the mainframe and to communicate with the CA InterTest™ batch debugger engine to initiate a live batch debug session on z/OS.

The CA InterTest™ server is installed with the mainframe component of CA InterTest™ batch and CA InterTest™ for CICS. It is implemented by submitting a CA supplied job to z/OS, which in turn starts a supplied application using the z/OS UNIX System Services (USS). This application is called the CA InterTest™ server. The application continues to execute until a CA InterTest™ Administrator sends a stop command or the job gets cancelled.

Once started, the application configures a TCP/IP port number that enables CA InterTest™ to communicate with the z/OS mainframe. The user who installs the USS component assigns the port number. When you create an CA InterTest™ server connection, CA InterTest™ identifies this port number. The CA InterTest™ Administrator can save the default port number using the Preferences dialog.

A default JCL job that is stored during the installation of CA InterTest™ is used to start the InterTest server. Modify this JCL to accommodate the standards of your company and saved as the new default JCL. You can save this JCL using the Preferences dialog. You can also modify the default JCL for each CA InterTest™ server available in CA InterTest™ using the Modify Server task.